318: ‘Holes in the Blast Door’, With Matthew Panzarino

Hosted byJohn Gruber

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include: Apple’s new MagSafe Battery Pack, the Amnesty-International-Led exposé of NSO Group’s state-sponsored phone hacking, Safari 15’s controversial new UI and Apple’s response, and a look back at year one of Apple silicon for Macs. Also: pizza.

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Links:

• Battery Packs:
• Apple’s $99 MagSafe Battery Pack
• Anker’s $46 PowerCore Magnetic 5K MagSafe-compatible battery pack
• Rene Ritchie’s first-look at Apple’s new battery pack
• The Amnesty-International-led exposé of NSO Group’s Pegasus phone-hacking capabilities and abuse:
• Amnesty’s report
• Tweet thread from Citizen Lab’s Bill Marczak
• The Washington Post’s report with a clickbait headline
• The Guardian’s report
• Google’s Project Zero on Apple’s “BlastDoor” sandboxing protection for iMessage introduced in iOS 14
• Safari 15’s much-criticized new UIs and Apple’s seeming “we’re listening” reaction:
• My take on Safari 15 for iOS and Mac
• And a follow-up
• Me, on Rene Ritchie’s YouTube show
• Jason Snell’s take for Macworld: “a self-inflicted wound but first aid may be on the way”
• Miscellaneous:
• Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck, a Switch-inspired handheld gaming PC
• Brian Heater on Steam Deck for TechCrunch
• Moft’s $29 MagSafe credit-card-sized foldable iPhone stand
• Ooni gas pizza ovens
• Una Pizza Napoletana — the heavenly formerly-in-San-Francisco pizza restaurant where every single pie was made by owner Anthony Mangieri
• Una Pizza is now in New Jersey and Mangieri now makes pepperoni pies that sound amazing

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.